B for Bauhaus

What issues underlie the design of our living environment, of the kitchen integrated into the sports car through the zipper? B as in Bauhaus guides us through the very heterogeneous forms that make up today part of our common imagination, like the Eames Lounge chair, the QWERTY keyboard and the Sydney Opera House. This "ABC of the modern world" is a essential kit for understanding our relationship with objects and decoding culture contemporary. It sheds light in a unique way on the difference between art and design, the success of GTA and YouTube, the beauty of the Boeing 747, he questions the collection mania or the qualities of imperfection. By sharing British critic Deyan Sudjic offers a vision of his own experience both embodied and accessible in the recent history of design.